DTC Pre-review Requirement Broadly Defined Under FDA Draft Guidance
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
The agency’s draft guidance on prereview of television advertisements also requires companies to submit the information they rely on to support claims in an ad.
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